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Kings of Ancient Israel

United Monarchy of Israel

Saul • Ish-bosheth
David • Solomon • Rehoboam

Northern Kingdom of Israel

Jeroboam I • Nadab
Baasha • Elah
Zimri
Omri • Ahab • Ahaziah • Joram/Jehoram
Jehu • Jehoahaz • Joash/Jehoash • Jeroboam II • Zechariah
Shallum
Menahem • Pekahiah
Pekah • Hoshea

Zechariah from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum "

Zechariah (spelled Zachariah in the KJV and Zacharias in the DRB; Hebrew: זכריה‎, meaning "remembered by the Lord"; Latin: Zacharias) was a king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel, and son of Jeroboam II.

Zechariah became king of Israel in Samaria in the thirty-eighth year of Azariah, king of Judah. (2 Kings 15:8) William F. Albright has dated his reign to 746 BC – 745 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 753 BC – 752 BC.^[1]

The account of his reign is briefly told in 2 Kings (2 Kings 15:8-12). Zachariah ruled Israel for only six months before Shallum murdered him and took the throne. This ended the dynasty of Jehu after four generations of his descendants, fulfilling the prophecy in 2 Kings 10:30.

[edit] References

^ Edwin Thiele, The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, (1st ed.; New York: Macmillan, 1951; 2d ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965; 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983). ISBN 082543825X, 9780825438257

Regnal titles
Zechariah of Israel House of Jehoshaphat Contemporary Kings of Judah: Uzziah/Azariah
Preceded by Jeroboam II	King of Israel 753 – 752 BC	Succeeded by Shallum

[0] Edwin Thiele, The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, (1st ed.; New York: Macmillan, 1951; 2d ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965; 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983). ISBN 082543825X, 9780825438257

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